AXNALS OF EORAL BOIANIO GARDEN. CALCUTTA.
nucleus I in. to 1-25 lon^', triangular, flat; the wiog thinly membvanous, pale yellow,
oblong, its apex blunt, oblique, venation vertical, the areolae wide. King in Joorn.
As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, Pt. 2, p. 133. Jsopteri$ penangiana, Wall, Cat. 7261.
Penang. Malacca. Perak; common.
The pubeaoenee on the under surfaoes of the kavea is so minute that, without a good lens, it
PLATE 159
•l.o«-ii.g tlie 0
7, pistJ aud s
Tr'saniGHntm h^poUwum. Miq. 1, flowering brincU; 2, fruifin;; branch: of natural s
i peUU Dnd two of the sepals: enlarged: i, sepil; 5, lateral petal; 8. the largo saccatt
mens : mitci enlargtd.
:e; S, flower
odd petal ;
XANTnopiiYLLmr, Roxb. A«/. Ord. Fo!i/galece.
Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous or sub-coriaceous, usually drying yellowishgreen.
Sepuk 5, nearly eijual. Peiak 5 or 4, tlia inferior keeleJ, not crested. Slamcns
8, distinct, variously attached to ths baso of the petals, or hypogynous. Ovari/ stipitate,
1-celled, often surrounded by a hypogynous disc.; style more or less filiform, ovules
various in insertion and numbof. Fruit 1-cellei, 1-seeded, indehiscent. SoeJs exalbuminous,
estrophiolate.
XANTHOPHÏLLUM ASDIMANICUM, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, p/., 2, p. 135.
A tree 20 to 30 feet high, glabrous except the inflorescence, branches dark brown.
Leaves thinly coriaceous, drying a pale greenish passing into brown, elliptic to ellipticoblong,
rarely sub obovate, sub-acute, the hase cuneate; upper surface smooth,
shining, the lower dull and pale, both miimtely reticulate; main nerves 7 to 8 pairs,
s l i g h t l y promiuent ; length 3 to 4 in., breadth 1'25 to 1'75 in.; petiole "3 to in.
Fiowers '3 in. long, their pedicels about as long. Panidcs extra-axillary or terminal,
1 '5 to 3 in. long, lax, few-branched, slender. Sepals ovate to rotund, puboscett, edges
ciiiolate. Peicils broadly ovate, glabrous, keel pubescent. Fiiamenls flat and pubescent
nt the base, otherwise cylindric and glabi-ous. Ovar// elongato-ovoid, glabrous, 4-ovuled,
t a p e r i n g into the rather flat, pubescmt style; disc corrugated, glabrous. Fruil
globose, -ô in. in diam., smooth ; pericarp thin, crustaceous.
Andaman Islands; Heifer, Kurz, King's Collector. Burma, Kurz.
Tbis is not ualike X. Gñfithii
PlíTE I'.O. Xanthophyltum Ai<Aamani<-t¡m, Eiiig.
disscctcdi 4, ottuuens ; 5, pistil: inuc/i enluryd.
its leiTos; but it cEffors in its glabrous ovary and fruit.
flowering bram-Ii; 2, ripe fruit: of natural sire: 8, flower
XAKTHOPHTLLUM WR. K i o g
P L A T E 161.
. Journ. As. Soc. Beugal, for 1890, pi. 2, p. 138.
A shrub 3 to 8 feet high, the young branches minutely tomentose. Leaves subcoriaceous,
drying a pale yellowish-green, dliplic to obbng, mord or leis acuminate,
DESCLILPTIO-NS OF NEW AND BABE INDIAN PLAÑIS. 137
t h e base rounded or nar:owcd; upper surface shining; lower slightly dull, pale and
r a t h e r minutely reliculate; the mitili nerves 8 to 13 pairs, prominent, forming urche.s
•2 in. within the edge; length 6 to 12 in., breadth 2-25 to 4-5 in., petiole -3 to '(5
in. Flomrs -35 in. long, their pedicels shorter than the calyx, in terminai or axillary
racemes or sui all panicles less than a third of the length of the loaves. Sepals broadly
ovate, blunt, puberulous. Felais with an oblong or rotund concave obtuse limb, pubcrulous
iu the upper, pubescont in the lower half, and with a long claw. Fiiamenls
epipetalous, flat, pubescent. Ooary on a glabrous stalk, densely villous, 4-ovuled, the
disc glabrous- Fruit globose, -70 to 1 in. in diam.; whon young sericeous, when
ripe (juito glabrous and boldly verrucose.
Penang, Curtis; No. 677. Perak, King's Collector Wray.
Ttis is not unlike J affine, Korth., but is distinguished from that spocies by its sericeous ovary
aud deeply warted fruit. In ita fruit this resembles X Palcnibamcum and 1'. euryncMim; but it diffeis
fi'om both in its much larger and moro numerously veined leaves.
PLATE 161. Xanlbofhyllu.n ÌFrani. Kin-. 1, ao>vering branch; 2, ripe fruil; 3, seeds: of naturul ; 4, Hon-er :
c,¡urged-, 6, sepal; C, odd pelai witL two .tacnena attaeiied; 7, poUi! ifitli t«o stamei.s atiacUed ; 8, pelai wItU siuslo
sfamea attached; 9, pistil and disc: muvh enlarged-, 10, stameus: mrg mach enlarged.
XAXTIK.PÍIVLLUM KÜKSTLERI, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, fur 1890, pi. 2, p. 139.
A glabrous tree ¿0 to 80 feet high; the branchlets robust, dark brown, sub-"-laucous.
leaves large, coriaceous (with a yellowisli green tiuge wheu dry) elliptic to elliptic-oblon<',
tlie apex very shortly and rather suddenly acuminate, the edges (when dry) undulate, thu
base rounded or slightly nan-owed to the stout petiole; both surfaces shining; main nerved
sub-horizontal, S to 12 jiairs, prominent beneath as aro the secondary nerves and reticulat
i o n s ; length 4'0 to 11 in., breadth 2 20 to 5-2Ó in., petiole -Q to -70 Fkwirs -C iu. Ion«--
sliortly pedicellate, iu axillary racemes less than half as long as, or in terminal fowbtanched
spreading panicles, longer than the leaves. Sepals slightly unequal, ovate-rotund,
flesiiy, thickenod along the midrib, miuutely tomentoso on both sui'faces; the ed^-es thin
ciiiolate. Petils oblong-obtuse, glabrous except the pubescent sagittate concavc keel. Fiiamenis
with a pubescent ovoid swelling above the base, attached to the base of the petals.
Anlhcrs bearded at the ba»c. Ovut// almost sessile, suiTounded by a shallow wavy fleshy
disc, ovoid, grooved, tonientose, 4-ovulate; style conical, slightly curved, pubescent.
Fruit globose, -(35 in. in diam. (young), deciduoualy tomentoso; pericarp thick, spongy, the
c a l y x persistent.
Perak, at low elevations, not common. Penang, Government Hill, King's Collector.
Curtis, No. lo&O.
The stamens of this are united to the bn,se uf the pet^.ls ia an unequal way, tliree beiug attached to
the odd petal, one to two of tie laterjil petals, while two petals have no stamens attachod to them.
PLATS 162. Xantl^ophj/ilnii^ EunslUri, Kin;
e; 5, llower: eH.urgtd; 6, odd ptliil, front vii
l.floweriaj; branch; Urge leaf; 3. young frnit ; 4, seed: of naUrul
_ , , , , "J« vie;^, tko 3 etamens beiug removed from UolL ;
!, lateral jxital with ooe stameli atUcUed : e^'arg>J ^ 9. t«-o » ta me ni ; 10, pinil and ovarj : ««cA eniurgU.